Scandal Priemere: Plot Taken Too Far? *Spoilers*

Scandal is one of my favorite shows to watch so I am definitely on the Shonda train however I think the show took a risk with their main plot for the premiere. We find a royal family coming to visit the states and the Princess happens to be an American who married into the royal family (reminds us of the story of Princess Grace of Monaco). Unfortunately after the White House dinner, Princess Emily is killed in a tragic car accident which took place in a tunnel (very similar to Princess Diana's death). The scene where Olivia arrives on the crash site, is very graphic. You see the Princess, dead on the road, her tiara inches from her and still in her gown from the dinner. Olivia quickly covers her up and yells at the paparazzi to cover her body and have some respect.
I truly think this was a risky move on the writers part to include such a sensitive topic for the world and especially Princess Diana's sons. The Queen in the episode admits to having the Princess killed because she was with child, most likely of another man's. If you recall there was in fact a conspiracy theory that the royal family, specifically the Queen was behind Princess Diana's death. Do you think this could spark the conspiracy theories once again?
Other than that hiccup in the story I thought the premiere was great and I am anticipating what the season has to bring especially concerning Puck and where Fitz and Olivia's relationship will go from this point on. I think it's time we see them with their somewhat happy ending.

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